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13th Annual Watsonville Film Festival expands to Monterey County

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March 6, 2025 9:02 PM
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WASTONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The 13th Watsonville Film Festival graces the silver screen again on March 6th, going beyond Santa Cruz County for the first time.

Maya Cinemas on Main Street in Salinas is joining the list as a host for the first time this year on March 14th to showcase a selection of short films making their rounds in the festival.

WFF in Salinas will showcase narrative and documentary shorts including "Goodbye Friend, "The Call Me the Cross Man," "Dear Watsonville" and "Fighting to Breathe/Lunchando Por Respirar" to name a few.

The festival begins with an Opening Night event on March 6th at the CineLux Green Valley Cinema where screening will run from March 6 to March 8.

After, the festival heads to Santa Cruz on March 9 at the 418 Project Movie Theater..

Finally, the festival ends in Aptos Cabrillo College's Horticulture Center on March 25.

Tickets for the Watsonville Film Festival are available to purchase on their website along with a schedule of films being shown.

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Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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